Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

Human Acts by Han Kang

29 reviews

inspector_glokta's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma

tinyjude's review against another edition

4.75

challenging dark informative sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

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I had this book on my tbr for years but it wasn't until the recent turmoil and declaration of martial law in South Korea that I picked it up to expand my knowledge about the past of this country. Han Kang surprises me again with her prose full of beauty, but succinct, perfect (in my opinion) to convey all the emotions and actions that are being narrated in the book. Despite still being a fictional work, you can easily tell how much work she has put into her research and how big of a heart she has. The way she writes every single chapter from every different perspective is so complex and rare. Although the one narrated by the mother was the one that impacted me the most, each one deserves its praise and I was in agony reading what all these people had to go through not so long ago. 

These are scary times, which makes it all the most crucial to learn about our and others' countries histories to avoid making the same mistakes. In conclusion, this was definitely a hard, haunting yet somehow beautiful read that I won't forget easily or ever (I hope so). May those beautiful souls lost in those days of conflict rest in peace knowing they were fighting in the right side of history and their plead, their goal was reached in the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Rape, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Chronic illness, Gore, Infertility, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Excrement, Kidnapping

Minor: Pregnancy

ce_roma's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Rape, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Medical trauma, Murder, Classism

eva_vva's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Mental illness, Sexism, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Infertility, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Excrement, Medical trauma, Sexual harassment

lynxpardinus's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional informative reflective sad

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Torture, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Excrement, Vomit, Medical trauma, Death of parent

Minor: Genocide

sugarloaded's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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This was my third Han Kang book (I had read The Vegetarian last year and Greek Lessons a couple of months ago). Han Kang writes magnificently. This is definitely a book that will stay with me. Really heavy on a lot of triggering topics. Please tread carefully. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Murder, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail

catandherbooks's review against another edition

5.0

sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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Probably should've taken my time reading this but couldn't help but devour it in two days. It's incredibly sad and heartbreaking, especially since it's based on real life events, but the writing is beautiful and these stories deserved to be told. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Murder, War

Moderate: Sexual violence

Minor: Suicide attempt

madamenovelist's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

tomoonarmy's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

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“should this book really be rated?”, is what I asked myself after finishing this book. The events portrayed in this book so gruesome that it’s hard to believe that they really happened. 


“have their souls also escaped their bodies, flying away like birds?”

“There will be no forgiveness.”

“our soldiers are shooting. They’re shooting at us.”



I think that this book is an important piece of literature that many people should read (check the trigger warnings before tho!!), therefore I gave it a rating bc in today’s society I think people are more likely to read books with good ratings. So pls keep in mind that this rating isn’t about the story contained inside, more so for the writing and the importance of the story itself. 

If you can, please read this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Infertility, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Infertility, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

alexismoodie's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Murder